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We found 31 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word whiff:
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General dictionaries General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. whiff: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. whiff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. whiff: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. whiff: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Whiff: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. whiff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. whiff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. whiff: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. whiff: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. whiff: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. whiff: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. whiff: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Whiff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  14. Whiff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  15. whiff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  16. whiff: Rhymezone [home, info]
  17. Whiff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  18. whiff: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  19. whiff: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  20. whiff: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
  21. whiff: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  22. whiff: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  23. whiff: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  24. whiff: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whiff: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whiff: online medical dictionary [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Whiff: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]

Slang dictionaries Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. whiff: Colloquial Speech of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada [home, info]
  2. Whiff: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook [home, info]

Sports dictionaries Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. whiff: Hickok Sports Glossaries [home, info]
  2. whiff: Golfer's Dictionary [home, info]

Quick definitions (whiff)

noun:  a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
noun:  a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
noun:  a short light gust of air
verb:  drive or carry as if by a puff of air ("The gust of air whiffed away the clouds")
verb:  utter with a puff of air ("Whiff out a prayer")
verb:  strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
verb:  perceive by inhaling through the nose
verb:  smoke and exhale strongly ("Whiff a pipe")

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Phrases that include whiff:   horned whiff, a whiff of death, whiff the garbage engine

Words similar to whiff:   sniff, puff, whiffed, whiffing, aroma, odor, puff of air, scent, trace, waft, more...


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